SCE&G still will seek approval to abandon the V.C. Summer nuclear expansion project and charge customers billions of dollars more for two unfinished reactors, utility executives told financial analysts in a Wednesday morning call.

About a fifth of the 5,000 workers at the plant 10 miles away live in the Chapin area, town officials estimate. The shutdown is a jolt for a community of 1,500 residents that is the political and commercial hub of an area home for 58,000 people.

During the first “Employ SC” fair, the S.C. Department of Corrections will be interviewing prospective employees on site. The fair is being held for the nearly 6,000 staffers who lose their job when the V.C. Summer power project was abandoned.

The state plans to spend $9 million on safety improvement projects along a deadly stretch of I-95 in Jasper County, SC, known as the “coffin corridor.” Plans are to install rumble strips, remove trees from medians and the side of the road, and add guard rails.

President Donald Trump was facing pressure from both sides of the aisle for him to explicitly condemn white supremacists and hate groups involved in deadly, race-fueled clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia.